diff --git a/internal/http/services/sciencemesh/token.go b/internal/http/services/sciencemesh/token.go
index effa817f600..662092eea18 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/sciencemesh/token.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/sciencemesh/token.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (h *tokenHandler) init(c *config) error {
 	if c.ProviderDomain == "" {
 		return errors.New("provider_domain missing from configuration")
 	}
-	return h.initInviteLinkTemplate(defaultInviteLinkPrefix + c.ProviderDomain)
+	return h.initInviteLinkTemplate(strings.Join([]string{defaultInviteLinkPrefix, c.ProviderDomain}, ""))
 }
 
 type token struct {